Ask if she wants to join your death metal band.

Start the mating call of your people

Ask if she would like to boop snoots together. Also, if you feel you have to find her, then asking where she is is mandatory.

Ask for her name

Ask for her name and where she is. Tell her she is beautiful.

Ask what her favorite reptile is.

Ask her to come with you via dreams

Ask yourself: WHY would this diva EVER tip her hat to you? How far are you willing to go to attain what you want?

Ask them why they come to you. Of all the people in the world it could have visited in their dreams, why did they choose you?

tronklis 2017/12/28(Thu)13:19 No. 854297 ID: 12b116
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It worked this time!
"Tronklis my friend, I have been waiting to see you again! The door is near to you now, you should be able to find it and free me"
"But why me? How did you know to find me? I have such trouble remembering your name to come visit, can you tell it to me again? "
"It is hard to remember isn't it? You're getting better at remembering my Name, The Ideation of Non Contiguous Connectiveness. And I came to you because there is something special about you, something that I think will let you free me from the Labyrinth. If you let me share my power with you we can see each other every night, but I cannot do that now as my power is very limited. I can barely be in two places at once and only because the bonds of the Labyrinth are temporarily weakened. "
"I'll do it! I will find this door and free you!"
I reach in to touch noses with her but she vanishes and I wake up... I didn't get to ask about reptiles

tronklis 2017/12/28(Thu)13:22 No. 854300 ID: 12b116
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"Tronklis get up! There's an elven caravan that just got attacked by goblins and there's some free stuff all over the ground, matriarch says we better go out and get it before somebody else does!"

:tronkblis: Ugh it's Fiblet, she always wants to be in charge, she's one of the matriarch's daughters. She's not a good fighter at all though. On top of that, it's raining.

"Get up, I'm getting a party together and if you ever want do get to do your silly adventure you better get some good stuff this time before the other village gets there."

:tronkblis:"It's not silly, it's important and if you don't beleive me I'll go on my own"

"Don't be stupid, kobolds going places alone usually don't come back." "I've got some bolds together already, if you want to sit around in your house all day sleeping and amount to nothing then go ahead"

:tronkblis: I've got a boot pack and a digging stick, maybe if we do well on this I can finally get permission to search for the door. I really just want to sleep again and see her though. Should I follow Fiblet or do something else? If I can find the stuff first I could show her up but that might be dangerous to do by myself.

Getting supplies sounds useful regardless of any other long term plans.

>>854303
True. Acquire your starter pack!

If you want to be a dungeoneer, you need combat experience, adventuring wisdom, or a really good set of equipment.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get the third thing.

Do it, maybe you can find some good adventuring gear.

Don't sleep, you need to set things up so that you can find the door and see her for real.

She said the door was near to you now which means it was previously far away, so it must be on the move. Perhaps the caravan has some hint to the door's location.

There is something epic about this quest, but if we don't know where to start might as well start this search as we gather useful supplies. Dreams will came sooner or latter, focus on the elven loot.

Chase that caravan first, chase your dreams later.

>>854300
Maybe the door you're looking for moves, and is on the caravan?

Even if it's not, getting supplies and experience could help you.

tronklis 2017/12/28(Thu)20:52 No. 854411 ID: 12b116
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OK I guess I'll just follow Fiblet to the ambush place, the goblins like to attack caravans around the same spot, you'd think they would have learned to avoid it by now. They have been getting smaller and less frequent now that I think about it.

"All right you're the finder, so find something"

Fiblet is really bad at tracking and looking at stuff which is why I always come along on these things. She is only good at fighting. We've got Jibrilumis and Griklmls with us. Jibrilumis is good at cleaning fish and is learning how to set traps, where Griklmls is good at sneaking and catching spiders.

I can spot two wagons, one of them is overturned and missing two wheels, the other one is sitting upright. There's boxes and stuff loose all over the overturned wagon that look like they've been broken open, but not much around the other wagon. There's three bodies, looks like two elfs on the ground and one goblin by the farthest wagon. We need to work fast before something shows up or the goblins come back to take everything else. Who should I point to what? What should I go look at?

I haven't seen any doors on the way here, but we will be taking a different way back, maybe it will be there.

Grab metal stuff, tools, weapons, coins (hah, like an elf would have coins), and if they have any potions be sure to get those.

Someone needs to check the goblin's corpse. No one wants crappy elf wood weapons, but goblins use iron. If you are lucky he'll have a carving knife or dagger.

Check out the goblin. Maybe they didn't have time to loot their comrade before they left.

Look for geckos.

Start with the guards. Guard equipment is usually scavenged last because the wearers might still be alive, and has a high weight-to-cost ratio, but since the guards are long dead or incapacitated by now they're ripe for harvest.

One of the carts is partially functional. See if your team can hoist the side with no wheels and move the cart out of the way, into a ditch or somewhere hard to see. The goblins will be less suspicious of someone stealing their hard-earned raid loot if there are less cargo vehicles at the ambush site.

Other than that, prioritize anything that is obviously valuable. Rations, cloth, and scrap metal go first. The expert looters are to find small boxes, dump out anything that doesn't seem important. Make sure to leave enough wealth so the goblins don't discover what you did and retaliate.

Make sure everyone is dead before looking! Keep your eyes and ears open, the rain can hide anything..

Can Jibrilumis abstract those fish-gutting skills to butchering a pack animal? Or one of the elves or goblins, for that matter, if you haven't got a taboo against that sort of thing.

>>854427
Good strategy.
I would add that since it's not guaranty that those people are dead we should check one by one. Fiblet and Griklmls should release those bodies of their valuables while Tronklis and Jibrilumis biggin searching the wagons.

>>854411
That one dropped a really big knife! Grab it, then you can be the strongest!

tronklis 2017/12/29(Fri)15:26 No. 854541 ID: 12b116
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OK, so far we've got two dirty bolts of cloth, and there's two elf guards that had wooden swords, cloaks and wooden armor. No gems or coins so far, but this goblin is wearing some bronze armor and has an iron dagger. It's also missing a head which isn't exactly normal. In the other wagon there's two barrels of apples and one sealed barrel of some liquid. Looks like the elves were killed by swords and axes acording to Jibrilumis and but there's nothing like that on the goblin. There's a bunch of tracks around as well, I think that something scared the goblins off. What should we try to take? I think two kobolds can bring one barrel, or we could keep picking stuff up off the ground. It will take two or three of us to get the armor off quickly. I can do it myself but it will take longer. We can keep looting or we can just take off now with what we have and leave all this other stuff lying around. It's not a very impressive haul so far but it's better than nothing?

How many bolds should work on doing what tasks? Or should we run for it?


I'm taking this dagger for myself before Fiblet sees it and steals it.

I have not found any geckos but we aren't exactly equipped to do any fighting right now.

Get one kobold started rolling the barrel while the other two strip the goblin's armor. Then make off with the armor and a barrel or two.

Forget the armor, none of you can wear it and it's not like you can sell it. The dagger is a fantastic find.

The goblins attacked the caravan but something killed one of them and they ran off. Maybe the caravan had a dwarf warrior or something. You need to grab and run quickly. Have two take the barrel, it's probably elf spirits of some kind, and the rest of you should grab whatever loose stuff you can quickly get. If there's nothing easy to grab and run with, or particularly valuable looking, then just grab the elves cloaks as you retreat back to the woods. Also, don't worry about wood weapons, you could carve that kind of crap with your badass iron knife anyway. I'm not sure how many kobolds are with us, but if there's nothing to imemediately grab, take the barrel of apples too.

Something tells me that isn't regular wood. It isn't heavy, so stuff a few wooden swords in the apple barrel and start rolling. Take anything that's light enough to carry in one hand, no matter how useless it seems.

Since the corpses are too hard to unequip, just grab the whole thing. You can give them a proper burial under your farm, the nutrients from the dead should act as a fertility offering.

Get an apple barrel, leave the armor alone, pick up any other random junk you can get. Don't forget to check for coinpurses!

Leave the armor alone. Loot pockets. Unclothe elves. Get an apple barrel.

What does the liquid inside the barrel smell like?

The apples are more useful. They're good food and can be turned into juice if you're into that. If there are any farmbolds back home, they can plant the seeds from the apples or turn the apple cores into compost.

tronklis 2017/12/30(Sat)19:19 No. 854852 ID: 12b116
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All right, that makes three bolts of cloth, three bolts of silk, one sparkle rock, a bag of seeds, two elven cloaks, one wood sword Fiblet took for some reason and I've found a bag of goblin coins. We can take one of the barrels, but I can't find out what's in the liquid barrel until we open it and if we do that we can't carry it without spilling it all over. Each barrel is as big as a kobold, and there's only two of us who aren't carrying a bunch of stuff already so we have to choose between them. Shrablit is the matriarch and she is the one who ultimately decides what's the best stuff. Except I don't know what she will like more, the apples might be good because everybody can eat them but whatever's in the barrel might be even better? I can't decide! Either way we need to get moving, and we definitely don't want to drag a dead anything with us, that's just asking to get attacked by scavengers and we'd have to drop a lot of our stuff to do it.

"I'm going on ahead, once you three figure out which barrel to take meet me back at the village. "

Now listen buddy, you're a kobold. That means you solve problems. Not problems like 'how many ale mugs can a kobold chug before blacking out?', because that would fall into your conundrums of your body mass index. You solve practical problems. For instance, when old mother Hubbard goes to the cupboard, how is she going to feed your tribe for the winter? The answer, is a barrel of apples. And if that don't work, use two barrels of apples.

The correct answer is to hide the liquid barrel nearby in a clever hiding place. Then cart the apples back.

The apples are usable right now and the liquid is probably booze. If you leaved the apples the barrel is open and animals will smell them and eat them.

But if you hide the booze its more likely that the barrel will remain hidden until you can come back later.

So find a nice hidey hole at least 100 feet away and then cover it with brush and mud. But leave a mark only a kobold would notice on the tree its under.

>>854852
Apple barrel.

The container likely has good wine. It's worth far more on the market, but you'll need those apples to survive the winter. And if the goblins get their mitts on the wine, they'll be less coordinated and more forgiving of your bandit tax.

So take the apples and plant them for the winter.

The liquid is likely some beverage, no doubt more valuable than fruits but food is a more immediate concern. Take the apples.

>>854852
You can make cider from apples. BAM. Now you have food and drink!

>>854896
Only if they know how to make cider.

Apples first, then see if you can get more 'bolds interested in making a second trip once they know there's fresh food at stake.

tronklis 2017/12/31(Sun)12:42 No. 855006 ID: 12b116
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We don't have any time left, need to get going! We are going to leave it a bit off the road but not to well hidden, something is coming this way. We aren't exactly low on food but we'll take the apples anyway, we know what they are at least. There's something big out there, we better not come back today.

tronklis 2017/12/31(Sun)12:42 No. 855007 ID: 12b116
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As we pass by the old burned out building, it looks like somebody has put a strange door in the doorway. Could this be it?! It looks like it's been burned as well, which is very strange, and it has a weird looking ball on it and no handle.

Use your MIGHTY KOBOLD FISTS to punch the door down.

It could just be a ruined door. Open just to be sure.

>>855007
Touch the ball. See if you can pull or push or rotate it.

This is it, the magic door! Grasp that ball like it's your own snoot.

>>855007
Grab the ball and fidget with it.

>>855007
wait is it glowing near the bottom?
check the other side just to confirm it for unnatural

>>855007
It wouldn't hurt to check. .. right?

That's your girls door! Go touch the orb and cross your fingers that things work out!

tronklis 2018/01/01(Mon)14:57 No. 855293 ID: 12b116
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The door looks like it's still smouldering, I don't think I want to punch it. I'll fidget with the ball, it looks like it moves around, it's some sort of handle for the door I think. I'll check the other side, just to make sure, before I pull on it. That glowing on the bottom is definitely worth seeing about.

tronklis 2018/01/01(Mon)14:57 No. 855295 ID: 12b116
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... That's not right.

So it's left instead? What's the problem? Go left then.

You could try walking into it.

But that's dumb. Close door, go home. Wait, where did the door go?

Were you imagining the door? Do kobolds have that much imagination?

>>855295
Investigate: Self
Something is off. Is anyone around?

Its a magic door to your dreams. Did you really think it would have two sides?

You can either go around front and enter or head on home with the others.

But if you want to save your dream girl you will have to go inside.

This is what your dream girl was talking about! The door to adventure!

It's time for you to bold, to pass through this mystic portal and find the woman of your dreams! You've heard the stories about the famous Glukmil? Be like him, brave but careful and clever. Open the door and look through.

>>855295
Definitely a magical door then. Twist and pull.

tronklis 2018/01/01(Mon)16:51 No. 855317 ID: 12b116
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I'm not imagining things, the door is only here on one side. When I went around to the back it wasn't there. Inside there's a burned looking wood hallway, and I get a very ominous feeling from it. This has got to be the door, but I don't know if going in here is a good idea any more. Something is definitely wrong with this place. It shouldn't do this.

>>855317
remember: kobolds who go off alone don't come back. Explore the hallway of death as a group activity!

>>855317
What did you expect the Labyrinth to look like?

The only question is, are you ready? Are you prepared?

Sneak inside, see what's further in.

It's dangerous, but it beats sleeping all day just hoping for a glimpse. You might not get another chance if you don't go through, it's obviously magical in nature and might not even be here if you leave and come back.

Your lady is waiting! Go now, alone, without any backup or equipment.

See if the doorknob on the other side can be opened easily. If not, this door might be meant to keep things in, so close it and come back later.

>>855317
You ready? Are you sure? Nothing you need to gear up for back home?

Suggestion 2018/01/01(Mon)18:34 No. 855342 ID: 94bef7

I was expecting it to be made of stone... You need to think about this.

Don't go in alone. You still need to prepare.

Throw a rock through it from the back side, to see what happens. Climb up on top of the wall and see if you can loop your cloak or something around under the lintel.

Don't go inside unless you're carrying enough food and water for at least a day, in case something weird happens and you can't get back out quickly.

Suggestion 2018/01/02(Tue)18:46 No. 855683 ID: 12b116
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All right, I've caught up to the group and we got back to the village. Everybody's put the cloth and stuff on the table, I've got a few things in my bag. The goblin coins, the seeds, the knife and the sparkle rock. Should I leave it all out or keep anything for myself?

Shrablis is here, and if I want to leave, and take some kobolds with me I'll need to get her permission. What should I tell her about the door and how do I get her to let me recruit a party and get equipment?

Look for Driblis first and see what you can bully from him. Tell Shrablis you found some awesome magic stuff and there might be screaming lizards.

>>855683
Keep the knife, you're gonna need it.

Tell them you found a door that only exists on one side so it obviously leads somewhere cool, you wanna go loot it. There could be MAGICAL TREASURE!

Keep the knife.
Tell her you found half a door and it smelled good.

keep the dagger and sparkle rock at minimum, my checkov's gun sense is tingling

>>855683
Keep the knife, name the knife. Use the shiny rock as a bartering chip to get a looting party going.

tronklis 2018/01/03(Wed)19:49 No. 855946 ID: 12b116
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I'll keep the knife and put down the other stuff. I don't know what you name a knife though. There's nobody named Driblis in the village.

"Well, it looks like you did good. Despite bringing back an entire barrel of these horrible persimmons, this bag of coins more than makes up for it. Who did you think was going to eat those things? I don't see how anybody can actually like them."

"This amethyst is very nice, Tronklis. Did you find out anything new?

"I've found a door in the forest that I think leads to a magical realm. There's bound to be some treasure in it, and I'd like to go exploring!"

"Well, since you've brought back so much good stuff, I'll let you take three more people with you, and you can take some equipment from the storage room as well. You'll be in charge of this expedition, so you'll also be responsible if anybody gets hurt or killed."

"When do you want to set out?"

Hmm, I could either wait another night and try to dream, try to go back to the wagons, or I could depart as soon as we are ready.

Make sure to mention the barrel you hid.

I would try to dream once more for any more info before you head out tomorrow.

Go back for the mead.

Also, plant the persimmons. Your tribe may hate them, but if they grow well, they'll make for good emergency rations.

Do you have anything as good as that bronze armor in your armory? If not, you should go to the wagons first.

Gather volunteers, then decent gear, then the mead you left, then the door! Sound like a plan, boss?

>>855946
Depart as soon as you are ready.

Wait another night and go in fresh.

Do you even have three friends who will follow you through the sinister magic door?

tronklis 2018/01/04(Thu)19:26 No. 856228 ID: 12b116
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So, seems like going back to the wagon site for another round might be a good idea, so I won't go asking for equipment, but first I do need to get some people together.
There's a lot of kobolds to choose from that might want to go with me, but some of them might take some convincing, especially if they don't get along well with anybody else that I've gotten to come along.

Who should I talk to first?


Oubliss A kobold who doesn't like to wear clothes. She is very nimble and good at sneaking but she is also weird and some other kobolds don't get along well with her.

Ruffles One of the village cooks. He knows how to prepare food and can make something that's not safe to eat into something edible. He is a bad fighter.

Shablin He's a craftsbold, and is always trying out new things. He's good at designing houses and stuff and building things. He is also weird though.

Fiblet She's the chief's daughter, and she is good at making kobolds do what she says. She is not a good fighter but thinks she is. Now that she has that wood sword she is going to try to use it.

Grklmls One of the farmbolds, he is good at sneaking and at catching things.

Jibrilumis Fisherbold, she is good with a knife and knows about traps. She can prepare food as long as it's fish.

Smectyx Potter, he is good at making things and throwing. He is not very perceptive though.

Slorsnis Other kobolds like her but she is kind of lazy. She knows some first aid and can use a sling.

Razelip A woodcrafter, he makes most of our weapons and arrows.

Shav Minj's sister, she is very good at sneaking and theivery. Sometimes this really goes to her head though.

Minj Shav's older sister, she's very perceptive and uses a bow well. She always wears a hat. She is normally on lookout duty in the watch tower.

Glimus Another one of our scouts, like me. He is an OK fighter and good at noticing things, he also uses a sling.

Fasramus A farm worker, he is one of the strongest kobolds and a decent fighter.

Corta She is an old 'bold and was a good fighter in her day. Unfortunately she doesn't have her legs any more but she uses swords instead. She is really mean to anybody that she thinks is lazy or useless, which is a lot of people.

Briblnif One of our best fighters, she even has a sword! She is pretty eager to use it. She also wears a skull from some creature on her head and doesn't like to take it off even though she can't see as well with it on.

Kloldril A strong bold, and a good farmer, he knows a little bit about making food as well. He can use a sling as well.

Jrifdib Our woodcutter, he even has an axe! He is strong but he is always trying to set things on fire.

Pralbin Good with a bow and a dagger. She thinks she is good at sneaking but isn't. She is always trying to steal food out of the store room and usually gets caught.

Your village needs Shablin, don't take him.
Take Glimus, Minj and Shav. Everyone needs to have a watchful eye in the labyrinth.

Corta, Shav, and Oubliss sound good.

Oubliss Kloldril Corta

Slorsnis.

If you can convince her to join you or at least convince her to ask the others with you you have a greater chance of recruiting others.

Maybe we could ask Ruffles for some rations for the trip into the odd door later, we don't actually need to bring him to the door if we don't know what's past it.
It might be a good idea to bring Oubliss, Shav, and Minj if we're planning to scout the door out and if coming back out might be possible.

Fiblet, Slorsnis, and Corta
Fiblet will save the day

>>856228
Corta, Oubliss, Ruffles

>>856242
Er, Fiblet first.

Slorsnis for sure, first aid is indispensable and a ranged attack with cheap ammo is likely to be useful as well. For the other two, go with whoever seems the most eager, or if nobody volunteers, least reluctant. Skills don't matter if their morale falls to pieces.

>>856241
Well, I'm thinking we should ask Oubliss 1st, then Shav, Then Minj.

...Of those three, talk to Shav first.

Again, volunteers first. Failing that, here's suggestions for a full adventuring party.

Jrifdib your tank, Slorsnis your medic with range, Pralbin for long range and you as the scout. Have Ruffles and Razelip as your camp guards who stay with your stuff and supply everyone with food and gear.

tronklis 2018/01/05(Fri)13:44 No. 856401 ID: 12b116
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> Oubliss Corta Fiblet Minj Shav Slorsnis Glimus Kloldril Ruffles

Ok but who do I go talk to first?

>>856401
Grklmls.

Fiblet.

>>856401
It's a puzzle!

So! Let's logic this out.

Of these nine kobolds, people wanted Oubliss, Slorsnis, and Corta the most.

First off, let's assume that kobolds will join more readily if there are kobolds they like already.

If we're picking kobolds that people don't like, we need to talk to them last.

We NEED Slorsnis. She's a healer, and kobolds like her. So, we need her first. However, she is lazy, which might cause issues with Corta. This means we need an alternate fighter - I propose Kloldril. Finally, we really want a sneaky, nimble scout, and Oubliss is the most qualified. We gotta talk to her last, though, since she is weird.

Proposed order: 1. Slosrnis 2. Kloldril 3. Oubliss

Corta. Gotta get that badass on the team.

Shav seems like she'd be easy to convince to go.

>>856401
Someone. You need to go talk to someone.

Glimus.

tronklis 2018/01/05(Fri)17:25 No. 856456 ID: 12b116
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>>856406

Hmm, that's the best argument, so I'll go to her house first.

She is laying on top of a peice of wood.

"Hii, Tronklis! Are you looking for something?"
" I need three bolds to come with me on another run to those wagons, and then do some exploring after that. You don't look like you're doing anything. "

"I guess I can go along, this isn't going to be too dangerous is it?"

"There were some scavengers at it when we left but I've got a couple of people in mind that should help get rid of them and take some more loot. There's definitely some still there."

Slorsnis has joined

>>856456
Set up a rendezvous point!

>>856456
Corta time.

tronklis 2018/01/05(Fri)17:52 No. 856468 ID: 12b116
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Sling
20 clay bullets
bag of herbs and stuff

She is wearing: Sack with holes cut in it

Briblnif

Gotta go for Corta.

>>856518
Corta is gonna cause issues with Slosrnis. I suggest Kloldril.

>>856468
I recommend Oubliss.

>>856468
Healer aquired. Get your Tank, Kloldril.

Speak to Grklmls. What is his weapon?

tronklis 2018/01/06(Sat)20:36 No. 856699 ID: 12b116
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Corta is does not get along with Slorsnis very well, so we'll talk to Kloldril first.

" Hi there, what's going on? "

"We're going to check on that caravan wreck again, do you want to come with us?"

"We can really use your help!"

"Sounds like a good idea, is anybody else coming along too?

Kloldril has joined

He has
Hickory Cudgel
Sling
20 clay sling bullets



Ok who should we talk to next? Corta? She is pretty mean.
He is wearing leather pants and shoes.

Smectyx, with all these slings you will need some way to reload.

>>856700
That is not one of our 9 options.

>>856701
There were 18 options. But we can talk to Glimus if you're writing off kobolds like that.

>>856705
Correction: We narrowed it down to 9 here: >>856401 , meaning >>856701 is right, Smectyx isn't one of our 9 options.

Let's just get Oubliss. What could possibly go wrong?

>>856699
Excellent! We have healing and fighting, now it's time for our sneaky, nimble 'bold!

Oubliss!

>>856715
Oubliss

Shav would cause the least amount of friction, I think.

I'll vote for Shav.

>>856747
I would just like to point out that even if Shav doesn't cause immediate problems, I feel we should give Oubliss a chance to prove herself a valuable teammate.

Shav

Suggestion 2018/01/07(Sun)17:36 No. 856899 ID: 12b116
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"I think we should also take Oubliss, I know a lot of people think she is weird but her unique skills might help us out. "

"Oh, I don't have any problems with bringing her along! Better than Shav or Corta, They both act like turds for no reason."

"I'm fine with her even though she doesn't believe in wearing clothes."

Oubliss is usually hanging around in the mushroom cave.

"o hi Tronklis! Where are you going? Can I come along?"

:tronkliss: "That's what I came here to ask you! We are going back to the wrecked caravan first to try to get a couple more things, after that we're going back to the village. I've found a magic door, and we're going to get supplies and go see what's inside it. I figured you might want to come along for that"

"Of course~ "

Oubliss has joined

has

Nothing at the moment

she is wearing a scarf

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I think we are prepared to go check the wagons again

>>856899
Arright, let's go to that spooky door!

Maybe you should bring a few bags to carry loot in!

Suggestion 2018/01/07(Sun)18:34 No. 856907 ID: 12b116
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>>856901
There's still enough cloth at the wagons we can bundle something up in it if we need to

We sneak back the way we came, and there's another wagon and a large cloaked figure walking around and messing with the bodies. It's not a goblin, and it's definitely not a dwarf. It could be a really large human or maybe two elfs in a cloak. It doesn't look like any of us have been seen yet. What should we do? Me and Oubliss are the sneakiest.

send Outissa and Tronklis to investigate carefully, if the large man is looting the rest of the wagon alone you might be able to scare him off. If there's more we might have to run away.

Scout it out with sneaky bolds. Find out what the guy's doing with the bodies.

>>856907
Oubliss can handle this sneaking mission if you back her up.

>>856907
Scout out the guy, be prepared to bail if he's a threat/aware of you

Suggestion 2018/01/09(Tue)15:39 No. 857417 ID: 12b116
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:oubiss: Oh no! It's Rawhead-and-Bloodybones! They say he comes to take away bad children and add their bones to his bony steed, which is pulling a large black carriage! He's huge! I didn't know he was even real!

The bodies are gone but their clothes are all arranged in a neat pile by the roadside. As I watch he pushes the carts out of the road single handedly!


He hasn't seen me, and nobody's been misbehaving, but I don't know what to do!

Stay quiet and still and wait for him to pass. If he finds you and confronts you be polite to the necromancer and hope for the best.

THATS A NOPE.
Retreat as quietly as you can. There may be a chance this guy is not hostile but that is a big risk. If this guy doesn't leave the next few minutes, go for the door.

>>857417
Just hide and watch for now. Remember, just because he's FUCKING TERRIFYING doesn't mean he's going to hurt you. Oubliss is scary when she hops out of bushes at night to say hi and they're not dangerous at all!

He's only here for the corpses. Just leave quietly and say hello if he spots you.

>>857417
Hide and wait for him to pass.

Suggestion 2018/01/11(Thu)09:14 No. 857831 ID: 12b116
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:oubiss: As he drives away I think he looked right at me! I'll go get the others now that he's gone.

Suggestion 2018/01/11(Thu)09:16 No. 857832 ID: 12b116
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Everything is lined up by the side of the road, it's super weird. There's a barrel with some different apples in it right next to the barrel with liquid. There's another barrel of liquid we stashed in the woods as well as all the clothes and armor and what might be a bag of herbs. It will take two kobolds to carry one barrel, and they can carry some clothes with them too if we want to take it. What should we take?

>>857832
Are they apples or more persimmons? Stash em in the woods anyways. And take the clothes. and the herbs. Take everything! If humans were hauling it it's probably good!

Almost looks like he is paying you for the corpses. But he might just be obsessively tidy.

Well have one bold grab the cloth and herbs and then two grab a barrel of liquid.

Best to grab as much as we can for the village before the adventure.

>>857832
Those are probably the same "apples" as the other barrel.

Take the non-barrel things as a first priority. If you can manage to get the liquid barrel too, take it.

They aren't poisoned or covered in some rawhead/bloodybones disease, are they?

Suggestion 2018/01/11(Thu)18:25 No. 857948 ID: 12b116
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The sun is starting to come out. " Does it look like anything is dangerous to take?

:slorsniss: "Everything looks OK to me, that's a bag of medicine herbs."

"I'm not putting on dead elf clothes, and especially not dead goblin clothes"

We can take all of the small stuff, the problem is deciding which barrels to take, and if we want to take the armor.

"Gross! These are onions. "

"They both come off of a tree, basically the same thing."

"They really aren't." " I can carry that barrel by myself, or I could wear the armor and take it if we dump out some of the onions."

"So we are going to have to leave a barrel behind, any two of us can carry whatever's in the liquid ones but not with the armor too."

Should we take two barrels, one liquid and a half barrel of apples and the armor, one barrel and the armor, or do something else?

>>857948
Burn the onion barrel and try both liquid barrels to find out which one is tastiest and take that one. Take the armor, of course, and the herbs.

One liquid barrel and the armor. The armor can be refitted and is extremely valuable!

The liquid won't be as valuable and is basically just luxury.

Prioritize on what is most valuable.

Metals first because they are hard to come by.

Cloth because its hard to weave.

Then the barrels themselves. Cause watertight barrels are hard to make.

Then the liquid. Could be a valuable trade item.

>>857948
I agree, we should take both liquid barrels and the armor.

>>857953
This seems sound.

Eat some of the apples to check if they're any good. Got some complaints about that last time, so it makes sense to be careful.

Would it be possible for a single 'bold to move the barrel of liquid if you turned it on it's side and rolled it along a relatively smooth path, instead of carrying it? If so, you might be able to just go ahead and take everything.

Suggestion 2018/01/12(Fri)19:51 No. 858119 ID: 12b116
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So Kloldril will take one barrel and dump out some of the onions or whatever they are, because we can always use a barrel, Oubliss and me will take another barrel and slorsnis will take the armor. If we could roll them around this wouldn't be a problem, but we have to do some climbing to get up to the village. I would open one but then we can't really carry it without pouring everything out of it, since we need to carry them on their side

So we have brought back one apple barrel, one barrel with drink in it, two sets of elf clothes, one set of goblin clothes with blood all over it, some bronze scale armor and the thing to wear under it, and another bag of herbs that Slorsnis is going to keep.

"That was fast, did you just want to go back to those wagons?
"I thought we should scavenge the wagons again before we left, there was still some stuff over there. Well, there still is, we had to leave a barrel of something behind.

"Well we have enough cloth and clothes to outfit a good many kobolds, and those onions will be good once they are pickled. I'll give some of them to Grklmls to plant as well." Taking the extra barrel was a good call, even if you couldn't carry all the onions back. If you're ready to go through the door, come see me and we will get some gear ready for you and your team."

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I think we are ready to go, should I go get supplies now or do something else? Kloldril, Oubliss, and Slorsnis seem to be ready to go get supplies, but I can go talk to somebody else if I need to for whatever reason.

>>858119
Supplies!

>>858119
Go get supplies! Then go for the door!

>>858119
Supplies sound fine. Before you leave, say your goodbyes, pick a god, and prey. You know, just in case.

>>858119
Supplies.

Suggestion 2018/01/14(Sun)08:38 No. 858374 ID: 12b116
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>>858123
It doesn't look that dangerous, I'm sure everything will be fine. Weird stuff happens all the time.

I tell Shrablit our plans - "... and what's behind the door isn't the same as what's in it when you open it"

"Well, this sounds sort of dangerous, you had better get some equipment and supplies. Since you've done such a good job with the wagons, you can take anything you want out of storage. When you get back with treasure we will celebrate with this barrel of sweet wine! Good luck!"

Suggestion 2018/01/14(Sun)09:46 No. 858379 ID: 12b116
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I tell Shrablit our plans - "... and what's behind the door isn't the same as what's in it when you open it"

"Well, this sounds sort of dangerous, you had better get some equipment and supplies. Since you've done such a good job with the wagons, you can take anything you want out of storage. When you get back with treasure we will celebrate with this barrel of sweet wine! Good luck!"

:I have access to all sorts of stuff, let's check out the store rooms. There's clothes, armor, weapons and other gear. I can make Oubliss wear clothes or armor if I really need to but she won't like it. Everybody has their current gear, plus a waterskin. A belt has room for about five pouches, and any loose items will need to be in a pouch or bag. Weapons have their own carry strap and can be held on the back if they're too large for a belt. I'd think the main thing to worry about will be how much food and water to take with us.

Each kobold can carry equipment up to their carry limit [b] before being encumbered. If a kobold is carrying too much stuff they are going to tire out faster, make more noise, and generally make things more difficult.


[b] carry limit 3/10
1 Wood Shovel
1 Boot pouch
1 Waterskin (1 day's water)

Wearing
1 Loincloth
foot wraps

carry limit 3/6
1 Medicine bag
1 antidote bag
1 sling
20 clay bullets

Wearing
sack w/ holes

carry limit 3/12
1 sling
20 clay bullets
1 hickory cudgel

wearing
Leather pants
Leather shoes

carry limit 3/10

wearing
cloth scarf

Suggestion 2018/01/14(Sun)09:48 No. 858381 ID: 12b116
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"Let's decide what to wear, first of all-" " I vote for 'nothing!'"
"I don't know what's behind there, do we load up on armor and weapons in case there's a lot of fighting, or do we bring gear, food and water instead? "

clothing and armor

Padded gambeson Lots available; -4 carry limit - Provides light protection from hits and cuts, and keeps you warm
Bronze Scale armor 1 available ; -7 carry limit - Provides excellent protection from slashing and peircing attacks, comes with gambeson underneath
Iron Maille 2 available; -6 carry limit - Provides excellent protection from slashing attacks. Comes with gambeson
Cloak Lots available; -1 carry limit - Provides protection from cold and rain, has a hood
Cloth shirt lots available; no penalty - provides moderate protection from the weather
Bone Lamellar 3 available; -5 carry limit - Moderate protection from peircing attacks, good protection from slashing attacks. Gambeson included
Cloth sock lots available; no penalty - keeps feet from getting cold, as long as they stay dry. No two are alike!
Leather shoe 5 available; no penalty - Light protection for the feet. four of them match but there's one for an extra left foot?
Pouch lots availablel no penalty - 5 can fit on a belt, used for storing stones. bits of stuff, and anything else that can be stuffed int it.
leather cuirass 2 available; -3 carry limit - provides moderate protection to the torso only
leather pants 4 available; -2 carry limit - moderate protection for the legs only
cloth pants lots available; no penalty - They're pants, they come with two pockets!
Sack 1 available; no penalty - Anything that is too big to fit in a pouch will have to be carried by somebody in this sack. It can hold 8 points worth of items, and the carry

penalty for the items inside is half of the total.

Suggestion 2018/01/14(Sun)09:49 No. 858382 ID: 12b116
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"Here's the supplies, there's lots of random stuff all over the place. Ruffles has preserved some food for expeditions that we can also have"

Rope 50 feet ; carry limit -5 - This might either be useless and heavy or the most important item we could bring.
Belts lots available; no penalty - you can wear more than one if you want to look strange, but only one of them can have pouches on it before things get really difficult to

wear.
Waterskin 2 available; carry limit -1 - Extra waterskins for carrying more water. Or other liquids?
Clay jar lots available; carry limit -2 - A heavier, more breakable waterskin but we have a whole lot of them.
Grappling hook 1 available; carry limit -2 - This is pretty useless without rope.
String ball lots available; carry limit -1 - about a hundred feet of string
Tin Pot 1 available; carry limit -2 - Useful for cooking and carrying things
Ceramic Pot lots available; carry limit -3 A heavier, more breakable version of the tin pot.
tinderbox 1 available; carry limit -1 - used to start fires
Theif's tools 1 available; carry limit -1 - used to pick locks and other things
Copper Adze 2 available; carry limit -2 - It's like a hoe and an axe stuck together on a short handle. It's a farming tool, really.
Wood Bucket lots available; carry limit -2 - A wooden bucket.
Grass fiber raincoat lots available; carry limit -3 unless being worn. This will keep you dry in a storm
FOOD lots available; carry limit -1 - A day's worth of food. It's stored in bags and barrels in the store room but it will need to be carried in a pouch if we want to bring it

with us. Very important item!
Tin Cup 2 available, carry limit -1 - Used for drinking or playing dice. We don't have any dice though.
Ceramic Cup Lots available, carry limit -1 - Same as the tin cup, really.
Bedroll Lots available - carry limit -4 - Good for sleeping on, which might be nice to have depending on where or how long we're gone for. It's kind of bulky to carry around

though.
Lantern 2 available; carry limit -1 - An iron and glass lantern. Much better than making torches.
Walking stick lots available; carry limit -2 unless in hand. - Sometimes you need a long stick. Can also be used to hit things.
Cloth Lots available; carry limit -2 - We have a LOT of cloth. It might come in handy?

Suggestion 2018/01/14(Sun)10:32 No. 858386 ID: 12b116
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"Let's check out the weapons next"
"But we've got weapons already, those look heavy."
"You say that now, but it's better to carry one around and not need it than to not have one when you do."

Weapons only have a carry limit penalty when they are not being held in the hand.

Spear, Stone 10 available; carry limit -2 - A spear with a stone blade, can be thrown as well as used in melee
Spear, Bone lots available; carry limit -2 - The same thing but with a bone blade,
Spear, Bronze 3 available; carry limit -2 - A better spear
Spear, Wood Lots available; carry limit -1 - A worse spear, it's just a pointed stick with a fire hardened tip
Hatchet, Stone 3 available; carry limit -3 - Stone hand axe, it's OK
Hatchet, Bone Lots available; carry limit -2 - Bone tomahawk, can be thrown easily.
Hatchet, Copper 1 available; carry limit -4 - Copper hand axe, can be thrown, but it's more valuable.
Mace, Stone lots available; carry limit -3 - A kobold tried to make an axe but gave up
Mace, Copper 1 available; carry limit -4 - A real bone breaking weapon
Mace, Lead 1 available: carry limit -5 - Exceptionally heavy, but the head is somewhat soft. Well, for metal.
Club, wood lots available; carry limit -2 - It's like a naturally grown mace
Hammer. Iron 1 available; carry limit -3 - This is actually a blacksmith's hammer and not a weapon, but we don't have a blacksmith here.
Whip, leather 1 available; no penalty - Goblins use these sometimes, does anybody know how to use this thing? "I do!"
knife, Stone Lots available; carry limit -1 - A stone knife, it's sharp but fragile
knife, bone Lots available; carry limit -1 - This one is less fragile but also less sharp.
knife, copper 1 available; carry limit -2 - A knife that's both sharper and more durable.
Sheild, wood lots available; carry limit -4 - use it to hide behind or surf on
Light Crossbow 1 available; carry limit -4 - Only a strong kobold can use this thing, but it really shoots.
Arrows/bolts, wood lots available, no penalty - 20 training arrows. Why would we take training arrows?
Arrows/bolts, stone lots available, no penalty - 20 stone headed arrows, they're OK for shooting small animals and stuff wiht.
Arrows/bolts, bone lots available, no penalty - 20 Bone arrows, fly farther than stone ones but tend to be less damaging.
Arrows/bolts, copper 20 available, -1 carry limit - 20 copper arrows, much better than using natural materials.
Arrows/bolts, bronze 20 available, -1 carry limit- 20 bronze arrows, These are the sharpest!
Short sword, bronze 1 available, -2 carry limit - A decent sword. There's only one of them
Sling lots available, no penalty - Everybody that's any good with it kind of has one already
Sling bullets, ceramic lots available, -1 carry limit - 20 sling bullets made out of baked clay. They're easier to use than rocks because they're all the same shape
Sling bullets, lead lots available; -1 carry limit - 10 lead bullets, the fly farther and hit harder
Short bow lots available; -1 carry limit - None of us are trained a whole lot to use a bow, but we can still hit things every now and then with one.

Leather Shoes for Tronklis and Slornis.
Whip and bone knife for Oubliss.
Belts and pouches for everyone.
Another waterskin for slornis.
Kook and rope on kloldril
Lantern, tinderbox and sack for Tronklis, also the thief tools if anyone can use em.
Rest can be filled with food.

>>858390
Why no armor? Kloldril is going to be our tank, he should have some.

>>858386
How about Kloldril wears the bone lamellar (this covers the legs right? He'll swap his leather pants out for cloth pants) and a shield. Also he should swap his cudgel for the copper mace. He won't be able to carry anything but he'll be well armored and armed.
Heck, Tronklis should have some armor too since he's no good with ranged weapons. Leather should work ok. Cuirass and pants. ...Tronklis where is the knife you picked up? Why do you have a shovel instead?
Slorsnis should put on some real clothes.

Whoever's the best with a sling should get some lead bullets for special occasions.

If we're taking the rope and hook, put it in the sack. Oubliss should probably be carrying the sack since she's not going to be wearing anything and has decent base carrying capacity.

>>858400
This seems fair. Have Oubliss carry the rope and hook like a bandolier.

>>858390
Bring at least one clay jar of water as well, even if it puts somebody into encumbrance. Carrying too much water is self-correcting, and lack of water can kill faster than lack of food.

You might be able to forage food in the dungeon, or butcher defeated monsters, but an underground environment is less likely to have random rain, and more likely to have areas of excessive heat that'll dry you out.

Is "a day's worth" of food or water enough for the whole party, or per bold?

Oh and someone should get a walking stick for poking things with.

>>858423
Pretty good, though I feel like that loadout is pretty short on weapons. Are you merely eliding the things they were carrying before? I think most of the bolds should have at least a simple weapon, and one should have a sword or spear or something maybe.

Go a few units over the carry limit for supplies and shelter, and set up a temporary base in the dungeon to put all your nonessential stuff.

Training arrows are good for hitting pressure pads and trap triggers at a distance. They can also be used to carry quick messages with minimal risk of friendly fire. Take them all, and stuff them in the camp.

Oubliss wears no armor and has a high carry weight, so give her the artillery-grade crossbow. Equip her with bronze bolts in addition to other bolts she's willing to carry. Have her equip two belts bandoleer-style around her breasts with four sets of bolt pouches sewn on in the front and back. She's proficient with a minimal-weight whip so obviously get that. Finally, a rope with a grappling hook so she can get to high places and snipe enemies.

Slorsnis doesn't have a high carrying capacity, so she can carry the essentials like food and water. Upgrade her clothing with a cloak, a cloth shirt, and some cloth pants. Finally, some cloth for staunching any bleeding and a waterskin for extra water.

Kloldril can replace his pants with a full set of Bronze Scale armor, making him the tank. Give him a mace to complete the set. Finally, have him hold the tinderbox, lantern, and an extra ration of food, because he might get exhausted if he has to carry anything else.

And then there's you. Get a bedroll so you and your buddies have someplace to rest up, and wear a padded gambeson. Take the sword and shield, you'll need them. Discard your starting gear and replace with a larger clay jar and some rations.

Oh, and everyone gets shoes and socks, because you have them.

tronklis 2018/01/15(Mon)11:25 No. 858582 ID: 12b116
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I have done a fuckup and there are a bunch of wrong numbers in >>858379
These are the actual numbers and should be used instead!

Sorry, guys!

>>858582
Ok so, this changes things and I'll need to rewrite my post.

Also some clarifications from the author:
Food: 1 unit is 1 day's worth per kobold.
Water: 1 waterskin is 1 day's worth per kobold. Clay jar holds the same as a waterskin.
Sack: Uses up one free hand
Shield: Always counts towards carry limit
Hickory cudgel: weight 2 and adds towards Kloldril's initial weight

Seems like the biggest change is that Kloldril has 3 more carry limit than we thought. 15 max is pretty big! That said, I like the bone mail just fine. I don't think I want to change my suggestion.

I think we should definitely bring 2 lanterns with us. Light is pretty important in dungeons! Other important items are also rope, to go up and down the holes and stuff. Kinda useless without the grappling hook tho. Thief's tools for the chests and locked doors, and tinderbox because setting stuff on fire is fun (also camping/cooking). A day's worth of food and water in the waterskins would be useful. Unfortunately, we're pretty limited with space, so we can't bring more food and water, or more than 2 bedrolls. There should be nothing wrong with 2 kobolds sharing a bedroll, right?

Oubliss (10/10):
She doesn't like to wear clothes but she said nothing about belts! So make her wear a bunch of belts. On arms, legs and waist. And since she likes the whip, she's gonna love some rope. Let's hope she doesn't tie anyone up.
(0) 5x Belt + pouches
(1) Waterskin
(1) Food
(1) Thief's tools
(7) Rope + Grappling hook
(0) Hand: Whip

Slorsnis (6/6):
Since she's lazy, maybe it's not the best idea to trust her with carrying her food and water. Hmm.
(0) Belt + pouches
(1) Waterskin
(1) Food
(3) 3x Medicine bag + 3x Antidote bag
(0) Sling
(0) 20 Sling bullets, clay
(1) Hand: Lantern

Tronklis (10/10):
No space for the shovel so gotta have to leave that one behind. Let's hope we won't have to do a lot of gravedigging. If there's any fighting, you'll be dropping the sack and pulling out the dagger.
(0) Belt + pouches
(1) Waterskin
(1) Food
(2) Iron dagger
(1) Tinderbox
(4) Hand: Sack (2x Bedroll)
(1) Hand: Lantern

Kloldril (14/15):
If he's gonna be the tank, then he will need the best armor and shield. Which means, there's very little extra he'll be able to carry. Replaced the hickory cudgel with copper mace and clay bullets with lead ones.
(0) Belt + pouches
(1) Waterskin
(1) Food
(0) Sling
(1) 10 Sling bullets, lead
(7) Bronze Scale armor
(4) Hand: Wood shield
(0) Hand: Copper mace

Cloth shirts, cloth pants, leather shoes for those that want them.

Hmm. 2 scouts, 1 healer, 1 farmer. What an interesting setup. Anyway, if we wanted to bring an extra day worth of food and water, then we'd need 10 space and I'm not sure what to replace to accomplish that.

Are the sling stones carved with Kobold faces? That's disgustingly cute.

I feel kinda bad we are gonna lead these little bolds to their deaths.

Suggestion 2018/01/15(Mon)19:45 No. 858680 ID: 12b116
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"OK FINE you caught me! I'll wear the belt!

:tronkliss:"I could just go get somebody else who doesn't make me catch them before the put on anything!"

"I still want to go! "

Suggestion 2018/01/15(Mon)19:48 No. 858681 ID: 12b116
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Here is the current loadout based on which items were most suggested, We have room for a couple of more things, what's the most important that we don't have?

You don't have any poking sticks. You need at least one poking stick!
The ball of string could be useful for navigating mazes, too.
Also you could stand to bring some chalk or charcoal for marking the walls or whatever.

Get a crossbow and a shield.

>>858680
Tronklis and Oubliss are already doing it? And here I thought it would take at least until camping time. Her elbow rubbing his nose must feel pretty good!

>>858681
The numbers for Kloldril don't add up. 7+1+1+1+1+1 = 12. However, he doesn't have any more space in the pouches, so if we'd want to burden him with anything else, it would have to be in one of his hands.

-Add Walking stick to Slorsnis's hand.
-Exchange Tronklis's Clay jar with a Waterskin (we have 1 more available).

>what's the most important that we don't have
I think that there's nothing else that would seem really important. But I guess we have enough space to add either a shield for Kloldril or a string ball.

Ya got any tinder boxes for starting fires? Extra water in a clay jar, string ball and an a few extra rations for snacking.

Suggestion 2018/01/16(Tue)12:19 No. 858807 ID: 12b116
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>>858751
She elbowed me in the nose! It didn't feel good, that's for sure.
You pulled my ear!


OK, if we mix things up Kloldril can take a shield, and Oubliss can take a poking stick, where Slorsnis can have a regular one. I think we are ready to go!

>>858807
Well by poking stick I meant a walking stick but if a spear would be better than a whip as a weapon that's good too.

Not too late to suddenly find faith and pray.

Ok, now silently recruit Fasramus or Briblnif to go with us so that we actually have a decent fighter with us.

Yeah, this looks good. Let's hit the road and explore the Scary Magic Door.

Only other thing I can think of is bandages. Could take half of a "cloth" to make some, but we'd have to drop something.

>>858824
That's probably a part of Slorsnis' medicine. But we can always tear off a part of Oubliss' scarf if we need cloth or yarn.

Suggestion 2018/01/16(Tue)17:22 No. 858890 ID: 12b116
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>>858809
Well it's a lot sharper so poking does more good with a spear. If you're going to poke things might as well have something good at it.
>>858824
>>858830
She does have those in the bag. Even if we need more I don't think Oubliss is going to let us tear some off her scarf. I'll probably just tear my own shirt for that.

>>858813
The only one of us who isn't a decent fighter is Slorsnis! I can only have three more kobolds with me anyway.

"All right, this is it, I'll go in first."
As soon as I step through the door I get an overwheming sense of dizziness that quickly goes away. The others follow. I can't hear any of the normal forest noises, which is strange, but not really as strange as this place existing in the first place. It smells of burning wood.

>>858890
Alright keep an eye and ear out. Watch your step, don't fall through the floor or anything. Try to keep quiet for now, too.

Watch for traps. Eyes and ears open. Roll for perception.

>>858830
Can you peek through the cracks in the wood?

>>858890
Firmly grasp Oubliss' tail.

tronklis 2018/01/16(Tue)20:15 No. 858963 ID: 12b116
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There's no traps, but this hallway is really strange. It looks like it's burned and still smouldering but it is warm as a sunny day, and not intensely hot like I thought it would be. The construction is like nothing I've seen, All of the boards look like they were once straight and uniform like they were copies of each other. They're put together with weird nails too, not like humans or dwarfs use. The aren't square but round and thin.
"This place is really ominous"
" It isn't trapped or, anything really. The other door looks the same as the first one, it's basically charcoal. "

:tronkliss: I try to peek through the cracks, but it IS really hot if I get too close to them, like it might burn my eye! It's like there's a fire outside and this hallway is somehow protected. The only sounds are from us walking, there's no roaring like you'd think if a fire was burning outside.

Seems intensely magical. Is the door on the other end of the corridor warm?
I guess open it if it seems safe.

I hope you guys propped the entrance open with a big rock or something. You don't want to get trapped in here.

tronklis 2018/01/16(Tue)21:10 No. 858998 ID: 12b116
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The door isn't any warmer than any other part, let's open it u-

" I wasn't sure what to expect on the other side but it definitely wasn't this. "

"are you sure this is a good idea? This is getting really weird."

"I don't see any monsters jumping around, it looks like a nice sunny day over there~"
"It's obviously a magical realm!"

"OK but why is there a pier in the middle of grassy plains?"
"only one way to find out! Hey, it's actually really high up, I can see the tops of trees and it looks like there's some buildings off in the distance. Nothing dangerous yet~"

"Hey, I'm supposed to be in charge here! Don't go running ahead! We need to figure out what to do. This pier is just hanging in thin air!" I think it's about 20 feet down to the ground, if that's even there. We can probably get down there with the rope, but if Oubliss ties it to a post how are we supposed to get it down with us? I don't want to lose our rope so early

>>858998
Can't you wiggle a grappling hook to dislodge it? Anchor the hook, everyone goes down, then wiggle the rope until the hook falls down too.

Just be sure to get out of the way of the hook when it falls.

Beside the pier, what what other structures surround this door on the outside?

Secure the grappling hook and then send everyone down, going by weight. Heaviest first leading to lightest. The lightest person loosens the hook so when they get to the bottom they can just wiggle it free. Worse comes to worse, the lightest person drops the hook and jumps down so the others can catch them.

Looks like we forgot to bring a parachute. Or have we? Maybe we could use the two sleeping bags to fly!

Don't be silly. Just go out and look around. So from outside it looks like a pier coming from a door frame and they're both floating in mid-air? Or is there actually some sort of structure supporting us?

Anyway, to get down while still recovering the rope is simple.
We have 50ft of the rope which means that if we lead it around one of the pier pillars, we'll end up with two strands each 25ft long. You hold onto both of the strands when climbing down. And once you're at the bottom you pull on one strand to get the rope.

Tie it to Oubliss' foot and have her jump down last.

Pry one of those weird round nails out of the charcoal hallway walls. Could be a clue to the origin of the place which some sage could later interpret. At the very least it's good metal with a sharp point on it, and if you're using bone and stone for weapons you can't afford to ignore that kind of thing. Only one for now, though, in case taking too many would make the whole thing collapse somehow.

As for further exploration, remember to check around "behind" the door you just emerged from.

>>859065
>We have 50ft of the rope which means that if we lead it around one of the pier pillars, we'll end up with two strands each 25ft long. You hold onto both of the strands when climbing down. And once you're at the bottom you pull on one strand to get the rope.
As further refinement for this idea, twist the two sides of the rope together a little. Not a knot, just a double helix. Extra friction to make sure it doesn't come loose ahead of schedule, but it'd be easy to undo from below.

Alternatively, you could simply have somebody run back to camp and requisition a second rope, then leave one of 'em in place. If you pull the rope down after you, what's the exit strategy? Do you want to be frantically fumbling with a grappling hook while some monster's chasing you?

tronklis 2018/01/17(Wed)17:38 No. 859216 ID: 12b116
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Well, the nails look like this. Nobody has seen anything like them here, but we also don't have anybody that would know a whole lot about nails like a carpenter or smith. It's the least weird thing about this business so far.
"I've only seen square ones before too."

I'll put a couple of them in one of my bags, just in case.

>>859216
That is rather off. Modern human design. No other explanation 'sides magic. Go on ahead with >>859065 's plan

tronklis 2018/01/17(Wed)17:57 No. 859219 ID: 12b116
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Now, as to the pier itself.. It just kind of fades? And doesn't touch the ground? There's nothing else around here for it to be attached to, and the door just isn't there on the other side. It doesn't have a shadow like I would expect, and neither do we. We can run the rope over a post and go down pretty easily. I can see the rope touch the ground, so I think that's real? I don't know any more. We can't exactly go back and get another rope, this is the only one that was in storage. We also aren't going to use Oubliss as a counter weight no matter how funny that might be!

Should we start climbing down or is there anything we should do first?

"The door is here on one side, but if I stick my hand through I can't see it"

"This is fun so far~"

"This is scary. Nothing is holding it up, the door is in the middle of the air, nothing makes any sense. What exactly kind of treasure did you say was in this place?"

"It's a magic place, you just have to accept this kind of thing might happen. Does it matter what's holding it up if it's being held up regardless?"
"I.. I guess not? Can we please just go to the ground? This is making me nervous."

I agree with Slorsnis, this is very disconcerting.

The rope could be helpful somewhere else, but by leaving it here we can feel more secure there will be a way back. How would you climb this floating platform without the attached rope?

Is there anything interesting on the horizon?

You had best be careful that you can get back up if you choose to go off the pier. You have no idea what's down there and being able to return the way you came is good regardless.

>>859219
Alright how about you establish a hand signal for them to pull you up, if something horrible is about to happen to you while you're climbing down.

>>859219
Let's climb down, but remember to securely tie a rope!

How easily and quickly could you grappling hook your way back onto the pier?

If there's something I'd go back for, it would be some stuff for the rain.

But, we can't do that. The beautiful kobold said that >the door is near to you now. Now, as in, it wasn't always there, so it's implied that the portal moves around and that it may also disappear. Our time may be limited.

I think getting back up is also simple, even without a hook. It's just a matter of throwing the rope over the whole pier and then pulling a kobold up, like using a pulley.

I'd be more worried about this whole pier slowly floating someplace else. It may look like it's still, but I wouldn't be so sure about that. Similarly, I'd be worried about finding it again. We don't have a compass (not that it would work here anyway), or any specific landmarks to rely on.

Anyway, climb down (can throw down the unbreakable stuff first) and let's move. Go towards the buildings.

While you're climbing down, poke at the underside of the pilings where they fade out, see if that feels the same as the back of the door. Probably a related phenomenon.

tronklis 2018/01/18(Thu)10:30 No. 859418 ID: 12b116
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I suppose I should go down first, we can just throw the sack down with the bedrolls, there's nothing fragile in there.

On my way down I try to touch the column. As soon as I start thinking about it, I start to get dizzy. Touching it makes my head spin and I almost lose my grip on the rope! It feels, um, kind of soft? Like a rotten log that looks solid but when you go to climb on it your foot sinks into mush. Well, except it doesn't look solid. From what I can tell anyway. As soon as I look down the vertigo goes away. I'm casting a shadow on the ground but the platform above definitely isn't. It looks like there's something laying in the grass around where the end of the pier would be if it were on the ground.

My feet touch the ground safely, finally. I'll warn the others not to look up. It's tall grass as far as I can see in every direction, and those two buildings off in the distance. There's a few small trees around as well. There's no sound other than the rustling grass from a slight breeze. It's pretty nice actually. Especially after going through that first bit.

Oubliss is saying something but I can't hear it and she starts coming down the rope.

"Say again?"

Probably a warning, something is gonna try to eat you.

Make a marker in the direction of the landmark. Then cut the grass in the local area to give your team some breathing room. Keep cutting towards the goal, and make more markers so you don't get lost.

>>859418
You can't hear her? She couldn't hear you, then. Wave at her to stop! Then climb back up and give them all the warning so they don't screw up the descent like you almost did.

Get a good view of Oubliss' butt as she's climbing down. I mean, you gotta be careful to catch her in case she falls.

Then check out what was the thingy that you saw laying in the grass.

tronklis 2018/01/18(Thu)15:16 No. 859463 ID: 12b116
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I clear out a bit of grass and sit on the sack. It's not so tall that we can't see where we're going though.

"What were you yelling and carrying on about? I couldn't hear you."
"I was saying not to touch the post or look up too much."
"That seems like a stupid thing to do, why would I do that? It's obviously magic and you usually don't want to touch that kind of stuff. You better not be using this as an excuse to look at my butt!"
"N-no! Of course not! Looks like some-"
"Well why not~?"
:tronklis; sigh."Don't be difficult! It looks like something is laying on the ground over there, should we go check it out now or wait for the others?"

Slorsnis is coming down next.

Send her to poke it while you wait here.

Never split up! Secure that rope so it doesn't slip and cause Slorsnis to fall and trap Kloldril on the pier.

Walk around the rope area, check if there are any rocks or holes in the grass while the other bolds are climbing down.

Tell Oubliss that her butt isn't large enough for your tastes and that you prefer the one from Slorsnis. In fact, you should look up so that you don't miss it, while touching your nose.

Wait for the Kloldril to reach the ground before checking out the thingy.

Stick together, and make sure everyone gets down okay.

tronklis 2018/01/18(Thu)17:32 No. 859528 ID: 12b116
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:tronkliss: Nobody's talking about butts! I don't see any rocks or holes or anything and Oubliss wants to go check out the thing we saw from up high.

Right after Slorsnis passes below the fadey part, I can hear her saying something,..

"...know there was going to be so much climbing I would have tried to find a ladder. Hey, can you-"

THUD

"I'm OK. It's OK."

"You might want to come look at this, that thing is a dead guy."

>dead guy
Why have you not looted him yet

>>859528
Let's loot em.

Poke it with a stick!

tronklis 2018/01/18(Thu)19:34 No. 859549 ID: 12b116
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We go over to check out the dead guy. I have no idea what it actually is though.
"How do you think it died?"
"Well it looks like he had a fall and broke his neck. At least, if his head was pointed backwards afterward. He's all shriveled up like when a frog dies underneath a barrel or something, and you find it a few weeks later when you move the barrel."

"So not killed by a wildlife animal?"

"Definitely not. it would be all pulled apart and maybe ripped up."

"Well we can't use any of these clothes, but let's have a look in that pack."

tronklis 2018/01/18(Thu)19:35 No. 859550 ID: 12b116
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"Wow, look at all this metal stuff!"

Tent carry weight -4 - All of us could fit in here, in theory.
Bronze trinket Carry weight -0 - A little wheel thing with nubs all around it. I have no idea what this is for.
waterproof tinderbox Carry limit -1 - It's pretty much the same thing as our tinderbox we already have but it's in a little metal container instead of a wooden box.
Tin cookware carry limit -1 - A cup, bowl, pot, pan, kettle, and spoon that all fit together in a package.
Clockwork Thing Carry limit -0 - A thing that makes noises when you turn the handle. I don't know what this is for.
Tin canteen Carry Limit -1 - This is better than a waterskin, it holds two days worth of water and is more convienient to carry around.
mortar and pestle carry limit -1 - it's for grinding things, why would you bring this?
Waxy wrapped items carry limit -1 - Five really hard biscuits wrapped in wax paper. Kloldril thinks we can probably eat them safely.
Hatchet Carry limit -1 - A pretty nice small hatchet.
whetstone Carry limit -0 - a sharpening stone.

Adventurer's Backpack Carries 6pts worth of items and one tent. Does not require a free hand, and reduces Carry Limit of the held items by half.

The dead indahl reference...

Get the backpack for Slorsnis. Using it to carry 4 units of the stuff she was already carrying should balance out with the tent, and we should stuff her freed up pockets with the weightless stuff in the meantime. Replace one of the bedrolls in the sack with four of the biscuits (we have a tent now). Have Oublis ditch the hook (useless without rope) and fill up the free 7 carrying capacity with the remaining biscuit, the tin tinderbox, the cook set, and the canteen (and not sure what else; we’re out of non-pocket space, I think). (Man, it’s already getting hard to keep track of inventory.)

>>859567
We still have the rope. That was why it was doubled up, so that it could be recovered afterwards.

>>859550
Upgrade your tinderbox. Swap one of your waterskins with the canteen.
Only take the tent if you guys are capable of setting it up! Tents can be tricky you know. If we do take it, swap a sleeping bag for it.
Obviously someone gets the backpack to free up carrying weight. Taking the extra food could be useful I guess, but the backpack only frees up 3 weight!
Slorsnis can put on the backpack and store some stuff in there. She doesn't have a close range weapon, so she could carry the hatchet instead of the walking stick. If she really wants something to lean on like a stick, we can give the hatchet to Oubliss instead and Slorsnis can hold the spear. If the walking stick is still useful, I suppose Tronklis could hold it.

Give all the 0-weight items to Oubliss since they only take up slots and she has extra slots. It's possible we'll run across someone down here that would trade things for them.

Clearly, this guy forgot the most important thing to bring on any sort of Adventure: rope. Make camp from his gear. Right under the pier.

What's the center of the sky look like? Clouds, stars, moon(s), anything unexpected along those lines? Try standing where the pier's shadow would be if it were a normal structure, check whether you can see the sun (or other things) through it from below as well as behind.

Also, scan the horizon for those buildings Oublis spotted, as well as any other points of interest. If it's just featureless grass in all directions, you'll want to take extra precautions against getting lost.

you should cut this guy's cloak into pieces and make awesome adventurer cloaks for everyone

I have several questions.
1. Are we able to set up a tent?
2. Does backpack + tent combo weight 5 in total? (half the weight of items that weight 6 and tent which weights 4)
3. Does Slorsnis know how to use mortar and pestle?
4. How many days worth of food are the biscuits?
5. Does a bedroll use up an empty hand?

If we can use the tent, then I'd leave behind one bedroll and the wooden tinderbox, which would be enough to prevent encumbrance. If we need to drop more items, then I'd suggest one of the weapons (we don't need more than 4 weapons) and mortar and pestle.

I would also prefer to keep all the water containers because this way we have exactly 2 days worth of water.
The 0-weight items should be kept in the backpack instead of wasting belt slots.

>>859550
Take the clockwork thing and the gear, as well as the tent.

tronklis 2018/01/19(Fri)11:50 No. 859691 ID: 12b116
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We can definitely set up a tent. We can either ditch a bedroll for it and I carry it, or we can hook it or anoter bedroll on the pack.

I can take the pack and put all my stuff in it, which lets me also carry more water. I can either do this, or swap some more stuff out and maybe carry the tent or a bedroll on it as well. I don't think we can take everything though. This way we only have to leave the mortar and pestle behind, which really isn't that useful.

If we take the food, we will need the cooking pots as well because it looks like we need to soak it in water. Each one is a day's worth of food, and all five of them together don't take up much space. They're really compacted.

"I'll take this thing! "

Is this the best arrangement?

>cut up his cloak
We could do that, but nobody could actually make it into anything! None of us can sew, even if we did have the stuff to do it with.
>What's the center of the sky look like
There's a regular looking sun up there, but I don't think it's moved since we got here.

>1. Are we able to set up a tent?
Yes
>2. Does backpack + tent combo weight 5 in total? (half the weight of items that weight 6 and tent which weights 4)
Yes, 5 total.
>3. Does Slorsnis know how to use mortar and pestle?
Of course. I'm not sure what for though.
>4. How many days worth of food are the biscuits?
Each one, when prepared, can feed two kobolds, so two and a half.
>5. Does a bedroll use up an empty hand?
Yes, and it's cumbersome as well.

tronklis 2018/01/19(Fri)11:53 No. 859692 ID: 12b116
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"Oubliss what are you looking f- Wait where's the platform!? Our stuff is here and the rope is in a pile on the ground! It should be right there!"

Uh oh, it might be time to panic! It's just gone, there's no trace of it.

At least you guys got the rope back, that'S the really important thing here.

Check out the nearby buildings next. It's either a ideal base of operations, or a source of danger.

>Is this the best arrangement?
Sure!

>>859692
I think you just found out why that guy died. He was on the platform when it disappeared.

Time to continue onwards. There's no way back unless the platform reappears on its own, so I guess you'd better hope there's another exit deeper in. Also reassure your group that you came here to rescue someone who knows a lot about this place, so she'll know a way out after you release her from her bonds.
Head towards that yellow building you saw.

>swap some more stuff out and maybe carry the tent or a bedroll on it as well
Do this. Give 1 food + 1 water to Tronklis, and he gives you a tent. That way Tronklis will get 2 extra space in his bag, so he can pick up mortar and pestle. I guess this means we'll throw them away some other time heh.
Personally I'd prefer Tronklis or Kloldril carry the backpack so that Slorsnis' butt isn't obscured.

>Of course. I'm not sure what for though.
So that we can make pixie dust in case we find some pixies.

>It's just gone
Have Oubliss throw a rope over the place where the pier should've been. Maybe it's got auto-cloaking features.

>>859704
The rope wouldn’t have fallen in the first place, then.

Alright, take some time to issue the standard “let’s not panic” shpeel. We can’t have any of our allies freaking out here and blaming us for their current predicament.

Well this is concerning. It's not invisible, the rope wouldn't have fallen if that was it. Mark this spot with the discarded stick, deep enough for it to stand against the wind and visible from the nearby structure you're going to commandeer.

>>859692
"don't panic if magic is in play all we have to do is beat the dungeon with the loot and we will go back home."
also poke a butt, any butt.

tronklis 2018/01/19(Fri)14:28 No. 859718 ID: 12b116
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"OK nobody panic. I know there's a kobold somewhere in here that can get us out. All we need to do is find and free her."

"Oh, so this is a rescue mission? Why didn't you say so?"

"It's ALSO a rescue mission, there is definitely stuff here we will want to bring back. As long as we keep going forward we should reach the end and get out."

We can leave this stuff here for now.

tronklis 2018/01/19(Fri)14:34 No. 859721 ID: 12b116
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>poke butt
It's not time for that! Oubliss throws the rope over to where we think the pier should be, and it just sails through the air. Should we go over to the buildings now or look at something else?
We made a scarecrow out of the stick and cloak in case we need a landmark.

>>859721
poke a butt.
go to the building yes

Time to go. Pack up and get moving, scout.

Hide the stuff a bit away from the scarecrow, way to obvious.

Yeah, let’s get going.

>>859721
Is there anything else to look at?

Go to the buildings. Maybe we could find a map there or something.

tronklis 2018/01/19(Fri)17:36 No. 859754 ID: 12b116
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I guess we should get used to stuff like this.

The building is kind of floating on its own ground but there's a path of stepping stones that we can take up there, and random grass growing out of nothing in mid air. From what I saw in the air there's another building behind this one. Underneath them is kind of weird blurriness that I can't quite focus on.

"This is all going to get really weird isn't it?"

There's not much to look at, other than the building and the few trees that are around.

"What does Please Respect the Integrity of this Historic Site mean?"

"What?"
"It's right there on the sign!"
"But none of us can read. How do you - " I can actually read it for a split second, it does indeed say Please R-something something and right as I start thinking about it everything is a bunch of meaningless lines.

"That's weird, I knew what it said before I looked at it again! Does thinking about things change them here?"

"Wait! The platform disappeared when we all went to look at something else! Tronklis what have you gotten us into?"

"I'm not completely sure. I told you it was going to get weird when we opened the door."

"I was expecting maybe snakes with legs or little puff balls that scream all the time."

"Now that you mention it, there aren't any animals here, or bugs, or anything but grass and trees. At least, I haven't seen any~"

Should we go up immediately or look around at anything else?

Throw Oubliss up there first, just in case. Look at her butt on the way up.

>>859754
don't pay attention to things or they will become muddled if you need to know something it will show itself to you. so go on into the building after you touch a butt.

Go inside and loot the place. Just DON'T DROP ANYTHING or it might disappear.

I assume none of you can read but if you have paper or something try to write down the squiggles and take it to the matriarch who might be able to read.

Don't worry, if it doesn't make sense, you can write it off as magic. Enter the building, don't touch anything important looking.

>>859754
Yeah I figured there were no animals since the corpse was all shriveled up. No rain either.

Tell the party that if they touch stuff in there they might get cursed or something. The sign says respect its integrity so you can't take anything. Go look inside at least.

Yeah, explore, but looting or littering will be unwise.

Must be mind magic.

Hmm.. integrity. Did our pier disappear because we didn't respect its integrity? In that case, we better not think about why this house is here or anything that would imply that it shouldn't exist. Simply use it for what it provides and nothing else.

The sign may give us a clue. We may have rendered it inoperable by thinking about the contradictions of being able to read it. But we can test this.

If Oubliss or Kloldril haven't looked at the sign yet, then they might still be able to read it. So ask them to tell you what the sign says. If they can't do that, then it would prove that we broke it.

tronklis 2018/01/20(Sat)09:40 No. 859873 ID: 12b116
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" Let's go check it out, but carefully."
"I can't push the door open! Somebody want to help?"
"I meant as a group! Don't run ahead! Wait, can you tell me what that sign says?"
"None of us can read! You know that! If I had to guess I'd say it says please go inside and take things from this site. Hmm, site. Site. Site." "I don't know why I said that instead of [i]place]/i]. Maybe I learned to read a little bit since we've been here! Maybe that's what it says."
"Kloldril, what does the sign say?"
"I have no idea. I think Oubliss is just making things up because she is weird. We all know nobody here can actually read anything."
"Site? I think that's what it said on the thing? I can't really remember any of it now. I'm just not going to look at writing from now on!"

"Ok nobody touch anything yet. I don't want to get cursed or anything." Should we just go on in?

>>859873
yeah go on in its a shopping market based on the door. poke a butt while you enter the door.

Walk up, smack Oubliss' butt, and pull on the door.

It seems Oubliss was still able to read at least one word of the sign, which would mean that the sign isn't broken. Which means we don't need to worry about causing permanent damage. Instead, we're changing our own perspective. Or group perspective.

Hmm, how to get inside. Well, if things around here are operated by thoughts then.. you could try this:
Everyone move to the door and place your hands on the handle, then close your eyes and imagine stepping inside.